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COLLOIDAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or having the properties of a colloid
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)
Derivation:
colloid (a mixture with properties between those of a solution and fine suspension)
Context examples:
Also called colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor and TNF-bound colloidal gold.
(Aurimmune, NCI Dictionary)
A colloidal dispersion formulation of 9-Aminocamptothecin, a water-insoluble camptothecin derivative.
(Aminocamptothecin Colloidal Dispersion, NCI Thesaurus)
Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor is made in the laboratory by binding a cancer-killing protein called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) to the surface of very tiny particles of gold.
(Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor, NCI Dictionary)
An intravenous colloidal solution containing trivalent iron (Fe3+) chelated to isomaltosides, used as iron replacement.
(Iron Isomaltoside 1000, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits colloidal mobility between that of the alpha and gamma globulins.
(Beta Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits greatest colloidal mobility among that of serum globulins.
(Alpha-Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)
A type of globulin in plasma that in electrically charged solutions exhibits slowest colloidal mobility after that of the alpha and beta globulins.
(Gamma Globulin, NCI Thesaurus)
Note 2: A colloidal dispersion is a system in which particles of colloidal dimension (i.e., typically between 1 nm and 1 micrometer) are distributed uniformly throughout a liquid.
(Gel Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
A colloidal oatmeal-based skin cream with potential moisturizing and skin protecting activity.
(Colloidal Oatmeal Cream, NCI Thesaurus)
Also called Aurimmune and TNF-bound colloidal gold.
(Colloidal gold-bound tumor necrosis factor, NCI Dictionary)
